{{Short description|American politician (1947–2025)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Clinton Harden | image = | caption = | state_senate = New Mexico | district = 7th | term_start = 2003 | term_end = 2012 | predecessor = Patrick Lyons | successor = Pat Woods | constituency = | birth_name = Clinton Dewey Harden Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date text|April 12, 1947}} | birth_place = Belen, New Mexico, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|October 18, 2025|April 12, 1947}} | death_place = Clovis, New Mexico, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = {{marriage|Kathrine Hope Rexroat|1968}} | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Business administrator | website = }}
'''Clinton Dewey Harden Jr.''' (April 12, 1947 – October 18, 2025) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the New Mexico Senate from 2002 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details_archive.aspx?SponsorCode=SHARD |title=Senator Clinton D. Harden, Jr. - (R) |publisher=New Mexico Legislature}}</ref> An alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and the University of Utah, he was a business administrator.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/43538 |title=Clinton Harden, Jr. - Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2839258/|title = Clovis News-Journal from Clovis, New Mexico on September 15, 1968 · Page 21| date=September 15, 1968 }}</ref>
==Life and career== Harden was born on April 12, 1947.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/sessions/03%20Special/other/LegislatorsCommaDelimitedforMerging.TXT |title=Legislators |publisher=New Mexico Legislature |year=2003}}</ref> He played college football for the Utah Utes and Navy Midshipmen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simonich |first1=Milan |title=Why I'm giving up football after a lifetime as a Steelers fan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-times-why-im-giving-up-football-a/135883757/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Farmington Daily Times |date=25 August 2013 |page=T3}}</ref>
Prior to serving in the New Mexico Senate, Harden served as the state's Secretary of Labor under Governor Gary Johnson. He chose not to run for reelection to the state senate following the end of his term in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=State Senator Harden Intends to Step Down |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-state-senator-harden/135884234/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=19 February 2012 |page=13}}</ref>
Harden died on October 18, 2025, at the age of 78.<ref>[https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/former-new-mexico-state-senator-passes-away-at-age-78/ Former New Mexico state senator passes away at age 78]</ref>
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